You can use an Audio CD layout to create a CD comprised of audio files in the AIFF, wave or mp3 file formats or tracks directly from your favorite Audio CD.
You can also use Dragon Burn to specify the pause between the individual audio tracks, and rearrange the order that the tracks are recorded onto the CD.
To use Dragon Burn to create an Audio CD:
If you haven't already done so, start the Dragon Burn application. When you first start Dragon Burn, the Dragon Burn window appears on the screen.
If the Dragon Burn window is not currently on the screen, choose New Layout from the File menu.
Click the Audio CD icon to open the "Audio CD" window. A new, Untitled Layout window appears.
The Audio pane is used to define the audio files that will be copied to your Audio CD. There are two ways to choose the audio files that you want to add to the Audio pane:
Drag and drop an audio file icon from the Finder. Simply drag the icon of the audio file onto the Audio pane, and release the mouse button. The audio files that you have selected appear as a scrolling list in the Audio pane.
or:
Click the Add File button. A dialog
box appears, as shown in the following diagram:
Select the file that you want to add, and then click the Add button to add it to the Audio pane. If you have selected a folder then click the Open button to expand the folder and list its contents.
Repeat the previous step for all of the audio files that you want to include on your Audio CD. When you're finished, the Audio pane shows a list of the files you have selected, as shown in the following diagram:
You can play a track by selecting it and positioning the mouse cursor just to the right of the track number. Click the mouse button when the cursor changes to a speaker to play the track. The dialog below shows the playback control:
Note:
You can use the playback controls to adjust the volume, play/pause the track and fast forward/reverse the track playback position within the track.
Choose the order that you want for the audio files you have selected. To change the order, click on the name of an audio file, and drag it to a different position. Drag the file up to have it appear earlier on the CD; drag the file down to have it appear later on the CD. The audio file that appears at the top of the scrolling list will be the first track of the CD you create.
If you want to remove an audio file that appears in the list, click to select the file, and then click the Remove button.
Next, choose the Pause time that you want for the individual audio tracks on your custom CD. Click the pop-up menu that appears with each audio track, and choose the Pause time. You can choose from 0 to 5 seconds Pause time between the selected track and the next track.
Click the CD Writer tab, and choose your CD Writer.
Click the Options tab, and choose the options that you want for the Audio CD. The same Options selections apply as described in the section entitled Options Settings.
As with any use of Dragon Burn, the first time you create a particular kind of CD (audio, data, etc.), choose the Simulate Only mode. This will cause Dragon Burn to use your Macintosh and the CD-writer mechanism to go through all the actions of making a CD without actually recording to the CD. Once Dragon Burn has successfully "simulated" the recording, return to this step and select the Write mode option to create the actual CD
Insert blank CD media into your CD-writer.
Click the Write tab, and choose Write Session or Write Disc, as appropriate.
Note:
If the combined contents of your audio files are too large to be copied onto a CD, the Unresolved Issues section of the Write pane will display an alert. In this case, click the Show button to return to the Audio pane and remove audio files as appropriate.
When Dragon Burn is finished creating your Audio CD, the completed disc will eject from your CD-writer drive. Click the Log tab, and review the contents of the Log pane.
This procedure is complete.